I have been locked out of my computer blog for the last five months!
While we were visiting our daughter and grandsons, back in October and November, I allowed the grandsons to use my computer for a virtual school day. Everything went smoothly for them, but I had no idea what was in store for me.
We came to Brownsville for the winter season in December. A few days after we arrived, our friends from Oklahoma, also full-time RVers, came to visit. We had a great time with sightseeing, dinners out, and generally catching up. Seriously, nothing in life is better than good friends and full-belly laughs!
After our friends left, I decided it was time to break the silence and write a blog. That's when I got the message from Google telling me I was not allowed to access my blog due to age restrictions. Additionally, I could not start a new blog. Apparently when the grandsons used the computer, they logged into their school accounts through Google, but did not log out.
Time flew by from December to now, as it generally does. During these past months, I've tried everything within my limited skills to recapture my computer without success. The first thing I tried was to log the boys out of their accounts on my computer. I must have signed them out over a dozen times, but I was still locked out.
Today I finally made time to take the laptop to the computer repair store. I explained my dilemma and all I had done to rectify the problem. The tech was flabbergasted. He flipped through some different screens and, once again, tried logging the grandsons off. Nothing. One of the messages suggested I contact the administrative office of our grandson's school to see if their IT guys could help.
Nobody was home when I called IT and their voicemail wasn't working. I had little confidence I would receive help when the tech guy's technology wasn't working.
Before giving up all hope, I once again tried to reclaim my computer by following the screens the computer repair guy had pulled up. One screen led to another until I was at a log-in screen with two of my grandsons' and my name listed. The prompt said: Do you want to sign everybody out? I answered, Yes. Each name was successfully logged out. I then logged into Google using my information.
And presto! Everything is working again. Yeah, it was just that simple.
We're nowhere near caught up with our life on the road, but I now have the means to get there. I hope, dear reader, that wherever you are, you are both healthy and happy, and will overlook my extended silence. I'm here now, and...
...I'll be back.
